Clement Fumando

Wednesday, 12/11/2002

My Dearest Clem,

There were so many things left unsaid and so many plans unfulfilled. There are no words to heal my broken heart. We had a wonderful life together and it should not have been taken away by some senseless attack.

You were sent to me from heaven, and called back much too soon. Forty years married just wasn't enough.

Clem you left for work on September 11th

never knowing your horrible fate,

Always on time at your desk,

couldn't you just this one time be late?

Remember our vows, till death do we part ...

Maybe from my touch,

but never from my heart.

Rest in peace, my love!

I will love you every remaining day of my life.

From Your Best Friend and Loving Wife,

Kat

Editor's note: This letter and poem was written by Kathy Fumando, the wife and childhood sweetheart of lifelong Mariners Harbor resident Clement Fumando, 59, a foreign exchange operations manager for Cantor Fitzgerald who was working on the 105th floor of Tower 1 on Sept. 11.